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1.1. TRITZ.

SNOW SKATE.

APPLICATION FILED APII.7. I9I6.

I Patented Aug. 8, 1916.

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ATTORNEYS JGSEPH TQEN TRITZ, 0F OM 1^.

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Specilcation of Letters Patent. I

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Application ledApril '$2 1916. Serial No. 89,555.

To all whom z'z may concern:

'Be it known that l, JOSEPH d. Tnrrz, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Omaha, in the county of Douglas and State ofNebraska,have invented a. certain new and useful improvement in Snow- Skates, orwhich the following isa specifica` tion.

'My present invention relates generally to skates, and more particularlyto skates adapted for use on snow, my object being to provide certainsimple, inexpensive 1mprovements in connection with the ordinary skatesto adapt the same to such a use, and particularly to such improvementsas are capable of manufacture and sale either as a permanent integralpart of the skate, or in the nature of an attachment for the ordinaryskate, including the usual ice blade, in order to adapt the same to thepresent purpose in addition to its normal use.

ln the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a side elevation of a skate provided with my improvement.Fig. 2 is a vertical cross sec# tion taken therethrough substantially'on line 2-2 of Fig. 1,' and Fig. 3 is a plan view of the runner removed.

Referring now to these figures, l have shown my improvements inconnection with the usual skate generally indicated' at 10, and.

including the toe and heel clamps 11 and 12 together with theiradjusting and actuating parts shown at 13 and the blade 14.ln'aecordance with my invention the skate so constructed is providedwith a runner indicated at 15 and circular in crosssection throughout inorder to adapt the same to skating upon hard or crusty snonT throughwhich the usual edged blade would cut, the runner so shaped, beingtubular in form with an upwardly bent and inturned forward end 16, thelatter o1 which is provided-With a clamp engaging a portion of the skateto maintain the runner in position as seen in Fig. 1. The tubular runner15 is also providedlwith a longitudinal slot 17, as most plainly seen inFigs. 2 and 3, receiving the lower edge portion of the blade 14 of theskate, and the upturned end 16 thereof is bifurcated at its extremity asseen at 18 in order to straddle the upper forward portion l of theblade, the spaced extensions at the extremity of the portion 16 formedby such bifurcation, beingprovided with transversely alined openings,one of which is preferably threaded for the reception of the threadedend portion of a clamping bolt 19 having a wingedihead 20 for itsconvenient manipulation to draw the extensions toward one another intoclamping engagement with the upper forward portionof the blade 14 andthus effectively maintain the tubular runner in position upon the lowerportion of the blade 14 as shown in Fig. 1. lt is obvious, however, thatthe runner 15 may be formed solid and circular in cross section andpermanently secured to the lower portion of the blade 14, to form anintegral part of the skate solely for use upon the snow, although moreconveniently of the form described as an attachment for the ordinaryskate whereby to adapt the same to lthe additional purpose.

1. ln combination with a skate includin a bla-de, a tubular runnerhaving a longitudinalV slot to receive Vthe lower longitudinal edgeportion of the blade therein, having its forward end bent upwardly andinwardly and having its extremitybifurcated to pr0- vide extensionsembracing the upper forward portion of the blade, said extensions beingprovided with transversely alined openings, and a clamping boltextending through the openings whereby to clampingly engage the upperforward portion of the blade and maintain the runner in position.

v2. lin combination with a skate including a blade, a tubular runnerhaving a longitudinal slot to receive the lower longitudinal edgeportion of the blade therein, having its forward end bent upwardly andinwardly vand having its extremity bifurcated to provide extensionsembracing the upper for-v ward portion of the blade, said extensionsbeing provided with transversely alined openings, and a Vclamping boltextending through the openings whereby to clampingly engage the upperforward portion of the blade and maintain the runner in position, saidbolt havin threaded engagement with one of the sai extensions at itssaid opening.

3. In combination with a skatexincluding a blade, a tubular runnerlongitudinally :(11 bladel, a tubularrunlrlierblllafingfallonglitulslotted to receive the blade of the skate.

ina sot to kreceive t e a e o t e s ate 1 and provided with a clampengaging a por- JOSEPH JOHN TRITZ' 5 tion of the skate' whereby tomaintain the Witnesses:

runner in position. BERT C.' RANZ,

4. In combination with a skate including WILLIAM F. HINES.

